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To all whom it may concern:

l terual parts of the boiler. Like letters designate like parts in allthe figures. y

JAMES ARMSTRONG,

"or BUcYRUs, o nro.

.imm ramt N. 98,009, ma December 21, 1869.

, IMPROVE!) WASH-Bomen. Y

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` `The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partofthe same.

Be it known 'that I, JAMES ARMSTRONG, of Buoyrus, in the county ofOrawibrd, and ,State of Ohio,

have invented a newand useful Improved Wash. Boiler; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description;thereof, reference j `being had to the accompanying drawing, in whichfFigure 1 is -a plan view, with thecover removed; 1

Figure 2, a longitudinal `vertical section, taken in Figures 3, '4, and5 are perspective views of theV in- 'Ihe nature of myinvention consistsinthe peculiar construction of the several `parts used in the interiorofthe boiler, which may be made of wood organy other suitable material.

'.lo enable those skilled in thelart to make anduse my invention, I willproceed to describe its construetion and operation.

'In the drawingl h A represents the exterior portion of the boiler,

` which is of the ordinary construction.

B is a false bottom, which is placed inside the boiler;

This is formed of two i'lat pieces' secured together by means of sidepieces c a., which extend downbelow the tlat pieces B, and rest ou thebottom of the boiler,` thereby leavinga water-space between the bottomof the boiler andthe false bottom B.

The two flat parts oi' the bottom 4B are inclined from their outer endsdownward, Lbut do not meet,

. thereby leaving au open space'bfor the passageof 2 C, which areconnected to the bottom B by means of lugsd, on their lower ends, partsof .which fit into recesses e, in the 'ends of the bottom B, and theends o f the lugs extend under the said bottom. .l

`circulation Vof water.

In the inner sides ofthe upright pieces G C are grooves f.

D is a cover, which is placed over the clothes after they have been putin the boiler.

Ou one end of this cover is a lsliding piece E, attached to which is anarm, g, in which is a slot, h, through which a pin is driven into thecover D.

After theclothes have been placed in lthe'boiler, to'

hold the cover D in its position, insert the solid end into one of thegrooves f in one of the end pieces C, then move the sliding piece E intoone of thev grooves in theother end piece C. I This isheld there by apin, t', placed in the cover D, at the rear end ofthe arm g.

In the cover D are slots, which may be made either longitudinally ortransversely, to allow the water to Y pass down through the clothes. Itsoperation is as follows:

The clothes having been placed in the boiler, and it A supplied with asnicient quantity of water, when that in the water-space under the falsebottom is heated suciently to make it boil, it passes up the spaces ateach end of the boiler, and Aflows over the end' pieces C, ou to thecover D, down through the slots and clothes, ,and through the openingb,`in the bottom B, back into the water-space, thus keeping np aconstant Having 'thus fully described my invention,

WhatI claim,a`ud desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv l. The bottomB, when constructed substantially as and for the purpose shown anddescribed.

2. The removable adjustable top D, when constructed substantially asshown and described.

3. The combination of the bottom B, top D, and

end pieces C O, when constructed and arranged substantially as shown anddescribed.

JAMES ARMSTRONG.

